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` To `all whom `it umg/concern.: y l

y JAMESD; FOSTER, or MONTGOMERY, ALABAivm4 l `Letters Patent No.105,325,1lwted July 12, 1870.

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Be it known lthatfl, J MESD. FOSTER," of.Mont gomery,`in `the conntyof.Montgomery and State of Alabama, have invent-ed certain new and nsefnlImprovements .in Ox-Yokes; andyyl do hereby declare that the followingisa `full,elearand.exact descn'p-v y `tion thereof, refercnee beinghadto the accompanying dmwings and to -the letters of reference markedtherecon, `which form a part ofthisispeciiication, in which- Figure 1represents aseetional tront `view of my yoke withthe bow attached. i

The nature of my invention" consists in Iconstructing an ox-bow in twosepalatepartaand connecting said i parts with a. chain,`in the man-nerset forth.

`A designatesa section of myyoke.

B and C are the two` partslof thev bow which pass through the yoke attheusuai angle, and are ferruled z `at their lower ends to `prevent`them from splitting.

d'represents a chain,`one end of which is confined ytol?. bymeans of astaple, `which is driven into B. The other end. of d terminates in aneye-bolt, e, which `is designed to he inserted in a hole in t-he end ofO.

Figure 2 represents the two sides of thebow broken e oi i i g is acrankkshaped device, one end of which enters a hole in C, and thenpasses through the eye of bolt c.

By this arrangement the chain d is secured 1n position, and forms asemi-circle, the concave side oi' which will be next to theoxs neck. l

In order to keep the crank g in place, asci'ew-thrrml will be eut on theend that penetrates into G. 'lhe great advantage of my bow consists inthe great facility with which the separate parts B and C can be`inserted into their respective holeslin the yoke..

Having thus .described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is I The parts B C, formed :in-thc manner described,inI

combination with the chain d, eye-bolt c, and pin y, all

arranged asand for the purpose set forth.

In. testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own,

I afixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

J. D.' FOSVIER,

Witnesses B; F. LOFTIN, WM. S. Fosrnn.

